inefficient

adj.

1. 效率低的；能力差的；浪费的
   not doing a job well and not making the best use of time, money, energy, etc.
   1. an inefficient heating system
      效率不佳的暖气系统
   2. inefficient government
      无能的政府
   3. an extremely inefficient secretary
      极不称职的秘书
   4. inefficient use of time and energy
      时间和精力的浪费

1. ADJ-GRADED 无效率的;无能的
   Inefficient people, organizations, systems, or machines do not use time, energy, or other resources in the best way.
   1. Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme.
      他们的通讯系统效率非常差。
   2. ...the closure of outdated and inefficient factories.
      设备陈旧、效率低下的工厂的关闭

1. Non-state firms gradually elbow aside the inefficient state-owned ones
   非国有企业逐渐挤掉了效率低下的国有企业。
2. Managers have at last got it into their heads that they can no longer accept inefficient operations.
   管理者们终于意识到自己不能再安于低效率的运营了。
3. Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme.
   他们的通讯系统效率非常差。
4. The welfare system is grossly inequitable and inefficient.
   福利制度非常不公平，效率也极低。
5. GATT member countries have largely agreed to replace expensive and inefficient protectionist policies with a competitive free market system for world trade.
   关贸总协定的成员国已大体上同意在全球贸易中用竞争性的自由市场体制取代代价高且效率低的保护主义政策。
6. The protesters say the government is corrupt and inefficient.
   抗议者称政府腐败无能。
7. The government doesn't want to force inefficient firms to sink or swim too quickly
   政府并不想迫使效率低的公司过快地自生自灭。
8. Eastern Europe shows that worker-owned factories can be as inefficient as state-owned ones.
   东欧的经验表明，工人所有的工厂可能和国有工厂一样效率低下。
9. That's an inefficient and expensive method.
   这种方法少慢差费。
10. The manager cleaned out inefficient personnel.
    厂长把低效率人员精简掉了。
11. Quantify measures and analyzes the time spent in your program to identify "hot spots" and inefficient code.
    Quantify度量并分析在程序中所花费的时间，从而识别“热点”和无效的代码。
12. But this is a waste of time and resources, and this form of busy polling is extremely inefficient.
    但这是在浪费时间和资源，而且这种繁忙查询的效率非常低。
13. Companies also want to make sure their employees can cope with stress. Disagreements can be costly and inefficient.
    同时企业也希望确保员工能够应对压力。工作分歧会导致高成本和低效率。
14. Part of the problem is inefficient ways of storing and inventorying molds.
    部门问题是，收藏和库存模具采取了无效的方法。
15. Our current corporate tax system is outdated, unfair and inefficient.
    我们现行的企业税制度是过时、不公平和低效率的。
16. The result is an inefficient, unnecessarily complicated regulatory and liability environment.
    结果就造成了一个效率低下、复杂得多余的监管和责任环境。
17. This distortion is inefficient and unproductive, and corrupts the very fabric of markets.
    这种扭曲的现状损害了效率和生产力，腐蚀了市场的基础架构。
18. The revolving movement of M-V portfolio efficient frontier is given by means of efficient security and inefficient security.
    引入了有效证券和无效证券，给出了M-V证券组合有效前沿旋移的方向。
19. In practice, this proved to be a very painstaking and an extremely inefficient process.
    在实践中，这被证明是一个非常艰苦的过程非常低效的。
20. Unfortunately, up to now, alternative methods have proved too costly, or inefficient beyond the experimental stage.
    不幸的是，到目前为止，已找到的替代方法或是过于昂贵，或效率低的超出了试验阶段的预料。
21. With these outstanding features, even though it is inefficient, is still widely used.
    有了这些突出的特点，尽管它效率低，仍然得到了广泛的应用。
22. Inefficient personnel were cleaned out of the management.
    管理人员中办事效率不高的被清除了出去。
23. For most purposes this was too inefficient and caused too many performance problems.
    多数情况下，这样做效率太低而且导致了太多性能问题。
24. Many lenders believe that small farmers are inefficient and lack management skills.
    许多出借者认为小农场主是效率低的和缺乏管理技能的。
25. Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy.
    处理复杂是对时间，注意力和思维能力的一种没有效率和没有必要的浪费。
26. Externalities cause markets to be inefficient, and thus fail to maximize total surplus.
    外部性引起了市场的无效率，因此不能使得总剩余最大化。
27. For instance, it becomes a burden to inefficient transportation system.
    例如，它增加了我国本来效率不高的运输系统的负担。
28. The inefficient operation cost the firm a lot of money.
    低效率的运作使该公司损失了许多钱。
29. Your fast heals will be the inefficient ones, because you pay more for speed.
    你的快速治疗法术将会成为效率低下的选择，因为你为了速度付出了更多。
30. The new fuel is as inefficient as the one they have replaced.
    这种新型燃料和被他们取代的燃料一样效率低下。

adj

1. lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively
   1. an ineffective administration
   2. inefficient workers

   Synonym:    ineffective

2. not producing desired results
   1. an inefficient campaign against drugs
   2. outdated and inefficient design and methods